Empire State: A Love Story (or Not) - Hardcover

Shiga, Jason

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810997479 ISBN 13: 9780810997479

Publisher: Abrams ComicArts, 2011

Synopsis

Jimmy is a stereotypical geek who works at the library in Oakland, California, and is trapped in his own torpidity. Sara is his best friend, but she wants to get a life (translation: an apartment in Brooklyn and a publishing internship). When Sara moves to New York City, Jimmy is rattled. Then lonely. Then desperate. He screws up his courage, writes Sara a letter about his true feelings, and asks her to meet him at the top of the Empire State Building (a nod to their ongoing debate about Sleepless in Seattle). Jimmy's cross-country bus trip to Manhattan is as hapless and funny as Jimmy himself. When he arrives in the city he's thought of as "a festering hellhole," he's surprised by how exciting he finds New York, and how heartbreaking―he discovers Sara has a boyfriend! Jason Shiga's bold visual storytelling, sly pokes at popular culture, and subtle text work together seamlessly in Empire State, creating a quirky graphic novel comedy about the vagaries of love and friendship.Praise for Empire State:"He [Shiga] displays a wicked sense of comic timing." -Publishers Weekly "Empire State: A Love Story (Or Not) is funny, sweet, geeky and affecting, and definitely worth a read." -Wired.com "Shiga's illustrations . . . are unique and endearing, and his images of NYC are instantly recognizable." -am New York "If Woody Allen grew up in Oakland rather than Manhattan, he'd most likely see the world, and especially New York City, as Jason Shiga does in Empire State." -Big Think.com

About this title

About the Author:

Jason Shiga is the creator of the well-received and strong-selling graphic novel Meanwhile (Amulet Books, Spring 10. He won the 2003 Eisner Award for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition and has been nominated for two other Eisner awards and two Ignatz awards.

About this edition

• Publisher: Abrams ComicArts
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0810997479
• ISBN 13: 9780810997479
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 144